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29th meridian west

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29th meridian west

The meridian 29° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 29th meridian west forms a great circle with the 151st meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

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Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 29th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 29°0′W / 90.000°N 29.000°W / 90.000; -29.000 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°33′N 29°0′W / 83.550°N 29.000°W / 83.550; -29.000 (Bliss Bay) Bliss Bay
83°30′N 29°0′W / 83.500°N 29.000°W / 83.500; -29.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Johannes V. Jensen Land (Northern Peary Land)
83°10′N 29°0′W / 83.167°N 29.000°W / 83.167; -29.000 (Frederick E. Hyde Fjord) Frederick E. Hyde Fjord
83°7′N 29°0′W / 83.117°N 29.000°W / 83.117; -29.000 (Greenland)  Greenland Melville Land (Southern Peary Land)
82°9′N 29°0′W / 82.150°N 29.000°W / 82.150; -29.000 (Independence Fjord) Independence Fjord
81°59′N 29°0′W / 81.983°N 29.000°W / 81.983; -29.000 (Greenland)  Greenland
68°21′N 29°0′W / 68.350°N 29.000°W / 68.350; -29.000 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of Faial Island, Azores,  Portugal (at 38°35′N 28°50′W / 38.583°N 28.833°W / 38.583; -28.833 (Faial Island))
Passing just east of the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago in the Intertropical Convergence Zone,  Brazil (at 00°55′N 29°20′W / 0.917°N 29.333°W / 0.917; -29.333 (Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago))
Passing just west of the island of Martim Vaz,  Brazil (at 20°28′S 28°51′W / 20.467°S 28.850°W / -20.467; -28.850 (Martim Vaz))
Passing just east of the island of Trindade,  Brazil (at 20°31′S 29°18′W / 20.517°S 29.300°W / -20.517; -29.300 (Trindade))
60°0′S 29°0′W / 60.000°S 29.000°W / -60.000; -29.000 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
76°21′S 29°0′W / 76.350°S 29.000°W / -76.350; -29.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica Claimed by both  Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

See also

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